90’+5’Full TimeSecond Half ends, Aston Villa Women 3, Liverpool Women 3.90’+4’Attempt missed. Remi Allen (Aston Villa Women) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hayley Ladd with a cross.90’+2’Attempt missed. Rachel Daly (Aston Villa Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hayley Ladd with a cross.90’+1’Corner, Aston Villa Women. Conceded by Rhiannon Roberts.90’Attempt blocked. Hayley Ladd (Aston Villa Women) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Remi Allen.
Aston Villa and Liverpool played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in a superb Women’s Super League fixture at Villa Park. Kirsty Hanson opened the scoring for Villa after seven minutes before goals from Katie Stengel and Natasha Dowie turned the fixture around for Liverpool. Rachel Daly levelled for Villa just before half-time only for Stengel to restore Liverpool’s lead in the 62nd minute. However, Hanson secured a draw for Villa after 70 minutes with her long-range effort slipping through the gloves of Liverpool keeper Faye Kirby. The hosts pushed for a winner late on but Daly and Remi Allen both missed good chances in the final moments.
The result confirmed Villa’s fifth-placed finish in their final home match of a very impressive WSL campaign, while Liverpool stay seventh and have now gone an entire WSL season without recording an away victory. Hanson was the star for Villa, who have collected 13 more points this season than they did during the whole of their last campaign.
The Manchester United loanee pounced on some sloppy Liverpool defending to open the scoring and was gifted her second with her long-range effort slipping through the gloves of Kirby. Villa looked the likelier to add a fourth as Daly saw her shot from a tight angle saved by Kirby, and Allen had a header blocked by Rhiannon Roberts. Liverpool also came close with a long-range Shanice Van de Sanden injury-time effort tipped behind by Villa keeper Hannah Hampton.
The Reds host rivals Manchester United on the final day of the season next Saturday (14:30 BST), while Villa are away to Arsenal at the same time.
Aston Villa and Liverpool played out an exciting 3-3 draw in a superb Women’s Super League fixture at Villa Park on Sunday. Kirsty Hanson opened the scoring for Villa after seven minutes before goals from Katie Stengel and Natasha Dowie turned the fixture around for Liverpool. Rachel Daly levelled for Villa just before half-time only for Stengel to restore Liverpool’s lead in the 62nd minute. However, Hanson secured a draw for Villa after 70 minutes with her long-range effort slipping through the gloves of Liverpool keeper Faye Kirby. The hosts pushed for a winner late on but Daly and Remi Allen both missed good chances in the final moments.
The result confirmed Villa’s fifth-placed finish in their final home match of a very impressive WSL campaign, while Liverpool stay seventh and have now gone an entire WSL season without recording an away victory. Hanson was the star for Villa, who have collected 13 more points this season than they did during the whole of their last campaign. The Manchester United loanee pounced on some sloppy Liverpool defending to open the scoring and was gifted her second with her long-range effort slipping through the gloves of Kirby. Villa looked the likelier to add a fourth as Daly saw her shot from a tight angle saved by Kirby, and Allen had a header blocked by Rhiannon Roberts. Liverpool also came close with a long-range Shanice Van de Sanden injury-time effort tipped behind by Villa keeper Hannah Hampton.
The result saw Aston Villa finish fifth in their final home match of a very impressive WSL campaign, while Liverpool remain in seventh place and have gone an entire WSL season without recording an away victory. Kirsty Hanson was the star for Villa, scoring twice and collecting 13 more points this season than they did during the whole of their last campaign. The Manchester United loanee opened the scoring after seven minutes and was gifted her second with her long-range effort slipping through the gloves of Kirby. Rachel Daly and Remi Allen both had chances to win it late on for Villa but were denied by Faye Kirby and Rhiannon Roberts respectively.
Liverpool host rivals Manchester United on the final day of the season next Saturday (14:30 BST), while Aston Villa are away to Arsenal at the same time.